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Although camping at Kingley Vale was a superb site it was decided that we needed somewhere closer to home. This would help with the transporting of gear and getting the maximum number of scouts and cubs to participate.
At ideal site was obtained at the Sheepwash, near Aldsworth village. It was a small field backing onto woods and the ground sloped gently away to a stream that is part of the River Ems. The tents were placed in the lea of the trees and the riverbank provided an ideal site for cooking and washing pans. The water also provided fun and games for splashing about and learning rope-
It is believed the name Sheepwash came from a wide part of the river where the local farmers brought their sheep for washing before the annual shearing.
At the bottom left of the map can be seen Deepsprings, off Foxbury Lane, where the scouts used to meet in the 1930's.
One weekend a camping adventure was at the back of a small chicken farm on Hambrook Hill, when there was a rather nasty accident involving Ray McKenzie. He ran past a tree stump that had a hand axe bedded in the top of it, but unfortunately part of the blade was sticking out, and Ray sliced open his kneecap. It looked ghastly and needed hospital treatment.